Taric vs Sona Counter Pick

Sona is the slower champion on foot at 325 base move speed against Taric’s 340, and much the frailer at 550 base health and 2,097 by level 18. Neither weakness costs her a great deal at 550 attack range. The 196 games recorded on patch 16.13.1 give Taric 44.4%, and the difficulty computes as Hard.

Her auras are the reason. Hymn of Valor sends bolts at two nearby enemies and leaves a damage aura behind, Aria of Perseverance heals her and a wounded ally, and Song of Celerity hands out move speed — which specifically cancels the approach a 150-range champion has to make before Bravado can do anything at all. Power Chord accumulates ability haste as she keeps casting, so her cycle shortens as the lane goes on instead of slowing down.

Taric wins on a landed Dazzle followed by an engage he does not have to start himself, since his kit contains no gap-closer. Crescendo is the mirror-image threat, stunning every enemy champion in front of her, and it is the ability Cosmic Radiance should be saved for, because invulnerability applied before the chord resolves protects the whole group. Statistically he holds 40 base armour to her 26 and pushes mixed damage into 30 magic resistance. Her aura details are on the Sona champion page.